The Women Behind the Door: A Novel

“A showdown between mother and daughter that is about as emotionally painful as it gets.” —Fiona Maazel, The New York Times

A powerful, moving mother-daughter story filled with struggle and redemption by Booker-Prize winning author Roddy Doyle

At sixty-six, Paula Spencer—mother, grandmother, widow, addict, survivor—has finally started to live her life. She has a job at the dry cleaners she enjoys, her boyfriend Joe is a text away when she needs him, and her four children now have the healthy ...